The Royal Navy 1939 45

Author : Angus Konstam
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782008415

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British Aircraft Carriers 1939–45 by Angus Konstam Pdf

With war against Germany looming, Britain pushed forward its carrier program in the late 1930s. In 1938, the Royal Navy launched the HMS Ark Royal, its first-ever purpose-built aircraft carrier. This was quickly followed by others, including the highly-successful Illustrious class. Smaller and tougher than their American cousins, the British carriers were designed to fight in the tight confines of the North Sea and the Mediterranean. Over the next six years, these carriers battled the Axis powers in every theatre, attacking Italian naval bases, hunting the Bismark, and even joining the fight in the Pacific. This book tells the story of the small, but resilient, carriers and the crucial role they played in the British war effort.

Author : Stephen Wentworth Roskill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : OSU:32435087089157

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The Navy at War, 1939-1945 by Stephen Wentworth Roskill Pdf

Author : Ian Sumner
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2001-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1841761958

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The Royal Navy 1939–45 by Ian Sumner Pdf

The outbreak of WOrld War II (1939-1945) found the Royal Navy with world-wide responsibilities but, despite its legendary professionalism, out-of-date strategic doctrines. Despite some early clashes between capital ships, advances in submarine warfare and naval aviation would soon come to dominate the war at sea. By mid-1943, however, the Royal Navy dominated the Mediterranean, was winning the campaign against the Atlantic U-boats, and was convoying vast quantities of war material across the Atlantic and to Russia. The 'senior service' made a huge contribution to the D-Day landings, and sent strong units to support the USN in the final campaigns against Japan.

Author : David Wragg
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750954280

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Royal Navy Handbook 1939-1945 by David Wragg Pdf

Overstretched from the start of the Second World War in 1939, the Royal Navy acquired First World War surplus destroyers from the United States Navy and embarked on a massive programme of construction, building and buying aircraft carriers, escort carriers and frigates and corvettes, building up a powerful submarine arm and, almost from scratch, re-creating the naval air arm taken from it in 1918. The service had to learn fast. It soon became clear that the Germans would not provide an opportunity for a major battleship to battleship fleet action along the lines of Jutland, but that submarine warfare and surface raiders were to be just as effective at undermining the British war effort. The Royal Navy was expected to be active in the North Atlantic and in British waters, and then after the Soviet Union was invaded by Germany, it had to protect the Arctic convoys. Meanwhile, it also had to keep control of the Mediterranean, alone after the fall of France, supporting ground forces in North Africa and then in Greece, send convoys to Malta and disrupt the Axis supply lines both in the Mediterranean and off the coast of Norway, and then it had to face the Japanese in the Far East. By the war's end the Royal Navy had grown from its pre-war strength of 129,000 to 863,000 men. Its fleet had also grown from 12 to 61 battleships and cruisers, seven to 59 aircraft carriers, and 100 to 846 destroyers, by 1945.

Author : Richard Compton-Hall,Richard Compton-Hall, MBE, RN
Publisher : Periscope Publishing Ltd.
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1904381227

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Submarines at War 1939-45 by Richard Compton-Hall,Richard Compton-Hall, MBE, RN Pdf

This volume provides Compton Hall's pictorial history of submarine warfare in World War II.

Author : Angus Konstam
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849080804

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British Aircraft Carriers 1939–45 by Angus Konstam Pdf

With war against Germany looming, Britain pushed forward its carrier program in the late 1930s. In 1938, the Royal Navy launched the HMS Ark Royal, its first-ever purpose-built aircraft carrier. This was quickly followed by others, including the highly-successful Illustrious class. Smaller and tougher than their American cousins, the British carriers were designed to fight in the tight confines of the North Sea and the Mediterranean. Over the next six years, these carriers battled the Axis powers in every theatre, attacking Italian naval bases, hunting the Bismark, and even joining the fight in the Pacific. This book tells the story of the small, but resilient, carriers and the crucial role they played in the British war effort.

Author : Ian Russell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Warships
ISBN : 0473493942

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Major Warships of the Royal Navy 1939-1945 by Ian Russell Pdf

Author : Kenneth MacPherson,Marc Milner
Publisher : St. Catharines, Ont. : Vanwell Pub.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Corvettes (Warships)
ISBN : 1551250527

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Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy 1939-1945 by Kenneth MacPherson,Marc Milner Pdf

This illustrated history of the WWII Canadian Corvette is a comprehensive account of the class.

Author : Doddy Hay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015039438588

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War Under the Red Ensign by Doddy Hay Pdf

Author : Richard Hough
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 0688079539

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The Longest Battle by Richard Hough Pdf

Written by a highly qualified naval historian, this is a succinct and lively one-volume history of the strategies and actions in which the navies of the Allied and Axis powers were involved in World War II. 24 black-and-white photos.

Author : Hal Lawrence
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Sailors
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081336799

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A Bloody War by Hal Lawrence Pdf

Author : Martin Watts
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445663197

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The Royal Marines and the War at Sea 1939-45 by Martin Watts Pdf

Combining a personal narrative with tactical and technical analysis, this book casts new light on the Royal Marines during the Second World War.

Author : Brian Lavery
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844863372

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Churchill's Navy by Brian Lavery Pdf

In this remarkable book, now reissued in paperback, Brian Lavery examines every aspect of the Royal Navy, both ashore and at sea, during the Second World War, and casts a lucid eye over the strengths and weaknesses of an organisation that was put under acute strain during the period, yet rose to the challenge with initiative and determination. Divided into twelve sections, the book delves into the structure of naval power from the Board of Admiralty and shore commands to officers and crews, their recruitment and training, daily life and discipline. The roles of the Reserves, Merchant Navy, Royal Marines and Wrens within this structure are also explained. Developments in ship design and technology, as well as advances in intelligence, sensors and armament are all discussed and set in context. The different divisions are dealt with one by one, including the Submarine Service, Fleet Air Arm, Coastal Forces, and Combined Operations. The text is complemented by over 300 illustrations and the personal accounts of those who served.

Author : Leonard C Reynolds
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752499949

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Dog Boats at War by Leonard C Reynolds Pdf

Built of plywood and measuring 115 feet long, powered by four supercharged petrol engines and armed to the teeth with heavy weapons, the 'D' Class Motor Gun Boats (MGBs) and Motor Torpedo Boats (MTBs) were better known as Dog Boats and played havoc with enemy shipping in home and foreign waters. During three years of war they engaged the enemy on more than 350 occasions, sinking and damaging many ships. Dog Boats at War is the authoritative account of operations by the Royal Navy's 'D' Class MGBs and MTBs in the Second World War in Home, Mediterranean and Norwegian waters. As well as drawing on official records - both British and German - the author has contacted several hundred Dog Boat veterans whose eye witness accounts add drama to the unfolding story.

Author : Peter Charles Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015027911463

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Task Force 57 by Peter Charles Smith Pdf